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Dalai Lama hangs out on Google+ after visa is denied
- nextparadigms 15y agoDoes anyone else think this is why China blocked the Android Market? It basically happened the next day.
- rwolf 15y agoThe android market is blocked in China? Do you have a link--that sounds interesting.
- andrewpi 15y agohttp://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/10/android-market-and-gmail-app-blocked-in-china-again/ http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/10/android-market-and-gmail-ap...
- shellehs 15y agoNope. Not bcuz Dalai Lama, but bcuz it is Google's Market. NOT Baidu's, NOT Windows Phone's, NOT Apple's, I think
- brackin 15y agoThis is great news, terrible that he was denied a Visa. I'm sure Google are pretty happy too.
- pistoriusp 15y agoDisgusted with my own countries actions.
- sp332 15y agoEven though they were bullied into it by China, and not (I think - let me know if I'm wrong) because they dislike the guy personally?
- nknight 15y agoLots of people find cowardice to be one of the more disgusting of human characteristics.
- sp332 15y agoThere's a difference between bravery and stupidity. South Africa can't stand up to China. There is enough hardship in the country without getting on China's bad side.
- nknight 15y agoThey're not doing the right thing because they fear economic reprisal. That is cowardice. Stupidity is allowing an economic bully to win over and over again by threatening individual countries one by one.
- william42 15y agoYeah, it'd be much better to plunge the economy back into the apartheid-era embargo days* and let AIDS ravage the country even more. *It was "cowardice" in the face of economic reprisal that was responsible for the end of apartheid, I might add.
- BasDirks 15y agoWith apartheid in the back of their minds they should get their priorities straight.
- Alex3917 15y agoThe U.S. isn't that much different. The CIA only lets him into the country on the condition that he isn't allowed to talk about politics. That's why all the talks he gives here are so boring.
- OstiaAntica 15y agoThe CIA is not involved in the decision. It is a political one, made by the State Dept. and the Administration. The U.S. provides a visa but subjects the Dali Lama to other indignities: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0219/At-White-House-the-Dalai-Lama-sidesteps-trash http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0219/At-...
- JonoW 15y agoMe too. With our history of repression you'd think they'd be a litte wary of who they jump into bed with.
- johnbatch 15y agoThe Video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_HqVFEzY2U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_HqVFEzY2U
- Volpe 15y agoJust to play the devils advocate (which admittedly isn't popular). He is considered a 'terrorist' by the Chinese Govt. Regardless the truth in it, it is important to show countries respect on these matters. Keep in mind, other countries have invaded people who've harboured 'terrorists'.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoI don't think it's necessary to show respect to anyone or anything when they are being corrupt or unjust.
- kreek 15y agoAre you drawing a moral equivalence between the US 'invading' Afghanistan and China annexing Tibet? Or is this just a Fox News style "some people say he is a 'terrorist'"?
- Volpe 15y agoThe situation is a little more complex than that, and I wasn't making any claims about Tibet itself. But since you brought it up: Tibet is a fairly complex issue, with the crux of it being that the british (!?) agreed to 'release' tibet from being a 'satellite' of china (without involvement from china). The Chinese viewed this as an interference of their sovereignty (I don't think many nations would view it differently had it happen to them). The Dalai Lhama is someone who represents that same cause (independence of tibet), which is in direct contradiction to China's (unification). The moral (in)equivalence comes with: Someone is viewed as an 'enemy of the state' and friends/allies are indulging visits from them. China is not threatening military action, it is simply saying it doesn't like this occurring.
- kreek 15y agoYes it's complex, but one side wiped a million Tibetans of the map during 'the great leap forward' (along with another 39 million Chinese) and they label a man who in the face of that teaches non violence a 'terrorist'.
- dustinupdyke 15y agoMakes me wonder if in 20 years, physical location will still be as important as it is today?
- zdw 15y agoDepends on if your work is dependent on physical locations. Most are. Location also dictates infrastructure, climate, culture, and cuisine. Places that optimize for those things will likely attract location-independent knowledge workers.
- aculver 15y agoAnd in many cases the workers won't have to worry about pesky working visas, since they're likely to be working remotely for a company in another country.
- noonespecial 15y agoCan anyone listen to Tutu laugh and not crack a huge smile? The guy is like joy in a can.
- wnight 15y agoI bet he doesn't have to use his real name.
- adrianscott 15y agoYah, that's the hilarious part about them being so excited about Google saving them from having to get visas, supposedly... #RealNames...
- dhughes 15y agoI wonder if he has a circle with nothing in it.
- dreamdu5t 15y agoFREE TIBET
- ilitirit 15y agoAs far as I know, the visa wasn't denied. The problem was that it was taking too long to be approved so the Dalai Lama cancelled his visit because he didn't want to inconvenience anyone any further. It probably would have ended up being denied anyway though.
- ilitirit 15y agoHehe, apparently these days on HN you can get downvoted for posting facts: > The Dalai Lama has cancelled a trip to South Africa after he was not granted a visa in time, an issue activists have blamed on Pretoria’s reluctance to upset China. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/496eb260-ee96-11e0-9a9a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/496eb260-ee96-11e0-9a9a-00144... edit: In case people are wondering about my comment, the original post had negative votes earlier today.
- Sabaqa2011 15y agoTechnology trumps politics this time. Now we need these video chats to happen systematically in every repressed country in the world.